[Linganth] re:request for multiple intelligences research

[Greta Vollmer]

Learner-Centered Instruction and Multiple Intelligences

In Learner-Centered Instruction and the Theory of Multiple
Intelligences with Second Language Learners, Marjorie Hall Haley
presents the results of an action research study of 23 teachers and
650 students from eight states and three countries. The study applied
Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences (MI) to foreign and
English language learners in grades K-12 by:

*	Introducing the concept of multiple intelligences,
administering an informal MI survey; and
*	Creating and disseminating instructional strategies and
assessments that accommodate multiple intelligences.


A second phase of the study focused on teachers' understanding and
use of MI in the classroom, and the degree to which they viewed the
application of multiple intelligences strategies as effective.

To assess the effectiveness of MI strategies, students were assigned
to either a quasi-experimental group (lessons incorporated MI theory
and were more learner centered) or a quasi-control group (lessons
were more teacher centered). "Results showed that students in
experimental groups receiving MI-based instruction outperformed those
in the control groups" (p. 171).

Marjorie Hall Haley is associate professor of education, George Mason
University. Her article appears in the January 2004 issue of Teachers
College Record (volume 16, 1, pp. 163-180).


For information, contact:
Teachers College Box 103
Columbia University
525 West 120th Street
New York, NY 10027
Email: tcrecord at exchange.tc.columbia.edu
http://www. TCRecord.org


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Greta Vollmer, Asst. Professor

Department of English
1801 E.Cotati Ave.
Sonoma State University
Rohnert Park, CA  94928
greta.vollmer at sonoma.edu
(707) 664-2504
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